Improvement in clothes-driers



I. N. HURD.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

Patented. Jan.2,1877.

No.185,9Z7.

14 5212 asses.

NPEIERS, FHGTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASKINGTON D C UNITED STATES IRA N. HURD,OF WARSAW, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS HIS RIGHT TO PATENT ()FFICE.

ABRAM B. LAWRENCE AND CHARLES T. WATKINS, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-DRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 185,927, dated January2, l 877 application filed November 11, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, IRA N. HURD, of Warsaw,county of Wyoming, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Olothes-Driers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing.

The objectof my invention is to make a metallic clothes-drier whichshall be cheap, simple, durable, and ornamental.

My drier is made of wires or rods secured together by a ball joint orcoupling, which will be more fully described hereafter.

In the drawings, Figure l is a View of the drier complete. Fig. 2 is across-section of the ball -joint; Fig. 3, a viewof the drier in positionfor use.

The bars a and b are of metal, and are placed in the grooves. The loosejoint, as at e f, is made by casting on the bars such a metal as willshrink and permit the bars to turn in the ball.

The same result may be reached by wrapping the bars with paper beforethe ball is cast, and afterward removing the paper, or by any othersuitable means which will accomplish the same result.

It must be understood that the ball 0, above referred to, need notnecessarily be a sphere, but that any suitable shape may be adopted.

The ends of the bars a will usually be finished with a knob, g, as shownin Fig. 1; or they may have a hook or other device at the end.

The clothes-drier may be made with the joint ef, or not, as desired.When the longitudinal bars arejointed, as shown, they will preferably bemade with books or eyes h 2' at the ends, so as to be attached to screwsor other devices on the wall. The drier will then stand bowed outwardfrom the wall, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The clothes-drier herein described, consisting of the metallic bars a b,secured together by the ball coupling or joint 0, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses this 6th day of November, 1876.

IRA N. HURD. Witnesses:

. A. B. LAWRENCE, W. A. BARTLETT.

